And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street Author: Visit Amazon's Dr. Seuss Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0007169922 | Format: PDF
And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street Description
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Dr. Seuss's fanciful story of a little boy's walk to school and the things he sees takes on new life as an interactive coloring and game book in this 60th anniversary edition of the original book. Children can color in the black-and-white illustrations as they read along with young Marco's trip down Mulberry Street and his imaginative transformation of a horse and cart into a boisterous elephant-drawn bandwagon. Twenty additional pages include puzzles, connect-the-dots, and mazes that will delight and challenge young readers. (Ages 4 to 8)
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"A fresh, inspiring picture-story book with an appeal to the child's imagination."--
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- Series: Dr Seuss - Green Back Book
- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books (August 4, 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0007169922
- ISBN-13: 978-0007169924
- Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 8.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
When you first open this book, you will be struck that it's not quite like any other Dr. Seuss book. The first drawings are smaller and simpler. The poetry is a little more restrained. You'll wonder why it's different, and then you will realize that this was his very first book for children. Like most of us, he was a little restrained at first. But, before long, the full gamut of Dr. Seuss is loose!
Marco is a small boy who walks to school along Mulberry Street. His father likes to encourage him. "'Marco, keep your eyelids up and see what you can see.'" Marco's father is looking for the eye of a scientist or a reporter. But Marco has the eye of a poet. So when Marco tells what he has imagined he has seen, his father sternly says, "'Your eyesight's much too keen. Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.'"
The story then takes you through one day when Marco only sees a horse pulling a man on a broken-down wagon on Mulberry Street. But Marco soon imagines something much grander. If you change a horse for a zebra, that's better. Or you could change that zebra for a large reindeer. Or better yet, how about an elephant with a Rajah wearing rubies on a throne on top? And on it goes.
When Marco gets home, he's elated. "I ran up the steps and I felt simply GREAT!" The reason for his excitement is because "I HAD A STORY THAT NO ONE COULD BEAT!" I think you'll agree.
So what does he tell his father? You'll be amazed!
I found that this book worked well at several levels. First, it captures the kind of miscommunication between parent and child that can set up barriers that exclude what could be much shared joy.
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